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Eliot Chang
AMP by StrathmoreFri. Mar 29 Now is your chance to experience Chang’s comedy live at AMP!
Tinsley Ellis & Coco Montoya
AMP by StrathmoreTue. Mar 26 Two of blues’ finest players share AMP’s stage.
Lewis Black
StrathmoreSun. Apr 14 Known as the king of the rant, Lewis Black uses his trademark style of comedic yelling and animated finger-pointing to skewer anything and anyone that gets under his skin.
Alan Cumming: Legal Immigrant
StrathmoreWed. Apr 24 The set list for Alan Cumming’s provocative new concert show is as eclectic and idiosyncratic as Cumming himself.
Black Violin
StrathmoreApr. 9 – 10 Classically trained violist Wil B. and violinist Kev Marcus are back with their distinctive multi-genre sound that is perfectly described as “classical boom.”
Antonio Sánchez
AMP by StrathmoreThu. Apr 4 Drummer and composer Antonio Sánchez is riding the crest of a musical wave that began with his Golden Globe and BAFTA-nominated score for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).
Grand Hotel, The Musical
Signature TheatreApr. 2 – May. 19 At the bustling Grand Hotel a series of eclectic guests and staff including a fading ballerina, a destitute baron, a wannabe-starlet typist, and an ailing bookkeeper collide in a non-stop musical toast to the high life.
The Triplets of Belleville Cine-Concert
StrathmoreThu. Apr 18 The animated French feature The Triplets of Belleville & Charest are back; with Le Terrible Orchestre de Belleville, he recreates live the original score as the film itself is beamed onto the big screen.
The Portland Cello Project - Performs Radiohead's OK Computer
AMP by StrathmoreSun. Mar 24 Portland Cello Project presents a thrilling performance of the album Rolling Stone Magazine called a “stunning art-rock tour de force.”
Confection
Folger Shakespeare LibraryMar. 23 – 24 Third Rail Projects’ newest immersive experience, Confection, is a rollicking rumination on opulence, inequity, and teeny-tiny desserts. In this 45-minute experience.
Kristin Chenoweth
StrathmoreMon. Apr 8 This Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress and singer delights audiences in every show and role, from film and television to voiceover and stage.
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra: Cosmic Depth
StrathmoreSun. Mar 31 From Maryland’s capital to the Music Center, the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra (ASO) shares memorable symphonic music in this afternoon program.
Spotlights
Direct Current: Bon Iver & TU Dance's Come Through
The Kennedy CenterMon. Mar 25
Chucho Valdés
Sixth & ISat. Apr 6
National Symphony Orchestra: Debussy's La mer
The Kennedy CenterApr. 11 – 13
Washington National Opera: Eugene Onegin
The Kennedy CenterMar. 23 – 29
Anoushka Shankar
Sixth & ISat. Mar 23
Jay Leno
The Kennedy CenterFri. Apr 26
Evgeny Kissin, piano
StrathmoreTue. May 21
Direct Current: National Symphony Orchestra: Glass's Itaipu & Auerbach's ARCTICA
The Kennedy CenterMar. 28 – 30
Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choirs
StrathmoreFri. Jun 7
Broadway Center Stage: Tommy
The Kennedy CenterApr. 25 – 28
Christina and Michelle Naughton, pianos
Terrace TheatreSun. Mar 24
New York City Ballet: Works by Reisen, Balanchine & Robbins
The Kennedy CenterApr. 2 – 7
